Beauty Q&A with Shay Mitchell from Pretty Little Liars!

As you can tell from her spotlight role on ABC Family's Pretty Little Liars, Shay Mitchell always has a fresh, dewey glow. No wonder she — along with the rest of the girls from the cast — was featured in our Style Stars of 2010! So we asked Shay to give us the scoop on some of her favorite products and beauty secrets.

17: What are your favorite hair and makeup products?

SM: I used Pantene all the time when I was younger. It's affordable, and no matter where I am, I can always go to drugstore and get it. They do have a wicked anti-humidifer hairspray, that if I didn't use, my hair would be pffft. I also love dry shampoo, because I feel like you don't have to wash your hair all the time. It keeps it styled — it's kind of like hairspray. It's great for planes and traveling, too. I also think doing a hair mask once a week is really good, or once every two weeks. I think it's best to take what you were born with naturally and enhance that, as opposed to trying to go the total opposite direction. I remember when I was younger, I always wanted pin-straight hair. I would iron it with an iron, which killed it. Then I realized, my hair is naturally wavy, so why don't I just work with it?

SM: I've always wanted to try the bangs, maybe fake bangs. I hear that you can buy these bangs that just pin in — like really blunt bangs. I usually wear my hair down. On the show, we always do it up in ponytails, so I like wearing it down with nothing in it.

SM: I wear sunblock every single day, but it's a tinted moisturizer. If you ask me one thing I couldn't live without, it would be that. It has a little SPF in it, and it also has a little bit of sheer coverage, so you kind of knock down three birds with one stone. Another thing I do is I always, always, always wash my face off. I have makeup wipes in my car and in my room on set. We have so much makeup on, I have to take it off before I drive home — I get it off as soon as possible. Clarisonic really helps.

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